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| Dippofix |
Posted on 22-12-2013 14:17
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@Shonak You've got the money, but we've got the passion. 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-12-2013 16:07
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The Hobbit - Interesting
Selwink - Gilbert with a good form apparently...
Daggen - NC definitely is a chance, and that would be a major victory!
Shonak - Henry's still so very young indeed, so a 7th place there was pretty good, I think  Well he couldn't say no to Bayern 
sutty68 - Thanks! I'm sure he was
baia - Jamis with some strange tactics and some strange seasonal planning
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-12-2013 17:07
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The Night of the Camembert - Part VII I explained the situation to Warren, and - being an amazing friend - he picked me up and took me to Place Clemenceau.
"Wow, man, you really stink."
Shit, he was right. That's the prison smell for you.
I was three hours late at the restaurant where we were meeting. She wasn't there anymore.
"Sir, are you Mr. Verngaud?"
I looked behind me. It was a waiter.
Hi!
Tomorrow we ride the National Championships Time Trial. Some more news before the Nationals.
Rick Zabel - The New Generation
It finally happened! Zabel scored his first professional victory, in Bayern Rundfarht, the one but last stage.
| 1 | Rick Zabel | Citigroup Pro Cycling | 4h05'06 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 4 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 5 | Francesco Lasca | Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | s.t. |
He scored his second win about three weeks later, in the final stage of Tour Du Sud.
| 1 | Rick Zabel | Citigroup Pro Cycling | 4h22'19 | | 2 | Juan José Lobato | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 3 | Anthony Geslin | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 4 | Aldo Ino Ilesic | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 5 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. |
Zabel 2.0
This is the start of a beautiful career...
I've cracked a bottle of champagne (well, I didn't drink any, but I still opened the bottle), because I have a reason to celebrate! Thanks to my great season, I have been offered an additional 3 years at the team. I needn't think twice and signed the contract. I really want to help promote this team to World Tour and make this one of the strongest teams around!
Ian Bibby was hit by a car on training and suffered a broken neck. He's already getting better, we hope he gets back to his old level soon, we need him in the team!
Citigroup has conquered a wildcard for the Vuelta! So now the management has the tough task to puzzle a 9 man selection for the Grand Tour.
I hope to put my name on the list!
 Giro d'Italia
The Giro has come to an end. It wasn't so much of a thriller, seeing the winner took 5 minutes on his closest rival, but it was still a race well worth watching!
Podium
1. Vincenzo Nibali
2. Bradley Wiggins
3. Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Mountain Goat
Matteo Rabottini
Ultimate Points Winner
Vincenzo Nibali
Stage Hunter
Vincenzo Nibali - Peter Sagan: 3 victories
 Tour du Sud
This was my final race before the Nationals. The start list wasn't too strong and I was keen on trying to perform very well here. Three flat stages and one mountain stage. We all knew what stage was the most important one for the General Classification victory!
On that stage, we blew the peloton apart. Augustyn and Meintjes turned a 125 men peloton into a group of less than 20. There was still 30 kilometer to go.
I rode extremely aggressive and it payed off. Four of us went to the line, and I relied on my speed to get the victory.
It was enough for the victory of the day and also the General Classification! Yes!
I'll be going to the National Championships with a lot of motivation and confidence.
General Classification | 1 | Henry Vergnaud | Citigroup Pro Cycling | 17h26'07 | | 2 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 8 | | 3 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ.fr | + 12 | | 4 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 20 | | 5 | Dario Cataldo | Sky Procycling | + 1'07 | | 6 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 7 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | + 3'15 | | 8 | Louis Meintjes | Citigroup Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Sylwester Szmyd | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 4'26 | | 11 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 8'28 | | 12 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 8'30 | | 13 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 8'32 | | 14 | John-Lee Augustyn | Citigroup Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 15 | Elia Favilli | Lampre - Merida | + 12'18 |
Citigroup took the Team Classificaiton easily and Zabel took the final stage and the Points Classification.
Ever since I decided to refocus, I've been growing stronger by the day. I'm still young so I get better quickly. I feel I'm even able to start in my first Grand Tour. Hoping for that Vuelta selection!
Here's how the management sees me now:
Additional Notes (by Lucien Van Impe:) Henry is developing into a strong rider. His climbing is more than decent for his age, and he seems to gain in explosiveness. He can't afford to slack off now, though. Keep working hard.
Well, I plan to follow that advice!
See you at the Nationals,
Henry
Edited by Ian Butler on 22-12-2013 17:14
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| baia |
Posted on 22-12-2013 17:10
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Great win.. Henry is really a talent, hope he can do good at the NC´s..
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| Shonak |
Posted on 22-12-2013 17:12
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Henry really develops amazingly and Citigroup are smart to offer him already a new contract now. Vuelta Wildcard is great, no doubt Henry will be on the squad sheet.
And now get that french NC jersey, Henry. 
Edited by Shonak on 22-12-2013 17:12
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| anderspcm |
Posted on 22-12-2013 17:35
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Nice win for Vergnaud! I'll make a french NC jersey if he wins(design by your choice), and perhaps a special frame and helmet if you wish
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| duxili |
Posted on 22-12-2013 17:36
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Life is sweet with Henry:
Another victory,
Great development (+2 in MO :banana
Hopefully a girlfriend
A first participation in a Grand Tour (he is the best climber of the team how can he not make it )
A very good friend
And an experience in prison.
Hope your life is that nice too
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-12-2013 18:42
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Henry is in a class of his own |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-12-2013 19:04
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Thanks a lot, everyone! Really appreciate the support here!
baia - I hope so, too! Especially Road Race, of course
Shonak - Citigroup is smart indeed Henry can be pretty confident about that Vuelta squad, I think!
anderspcm - Awesome, now I just have to win it!
duxili - Well, I have none of the listed things (except a good friend), but my life is pretty good, too
sutty68 - Thanks! His biggest strength is his motivation! |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 22-12-2013 19:06
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Wow, he developed hard!
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Posted on 22-12-2013 19:10
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Jesleyh wrote:
Wow, he developed hard!
We don't want to know about his sexual fantasies |
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 22-12-2013 19:16
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He is developing really fast
Gig 'em Aggies
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Posted on 22-12-2013 19:34
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Yeah, fast
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-12-2013 22:31
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Jesleyh - Yeah, I checked with an editor and he's the faster developer of the entire database
sutty68 - Oh, you don't? that's too bad, I'll leave out the next couple of blogs, then...
welker3257 - He sure is! Hope he keeps it that way! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 22-12-2013 22:31
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The Night of the Camembert - Finale The waiter told me a lady in a purple dress had left me a note.
"How long did she wait?"
"Sir, you don't want to know."
I opened the note and started to read.
Henry,
I'm not sure why I'm even writing this...
You didn't show up, so I guess you won't be, but I'm writing this anyway.
I don't know what I was thinking, hoping you would just show up. After all, we only exchanged a few words, and that was months ago.
But if you show up, there is something I want to tell you.
I know it's odd and it's something that I've never done before.
But I feel that there was a connection that day we met.
I hope you feel the same.
You even got me following cycling. I heard you on Radio B.
The day of the National Championships, I know where you'll be.
I'll be there, too.
If you have any interest whatsoever,
meet me at Café d'Or at 10pm on the day of the race.
- Michelle
National Championships - Time Trial
I appeared at the start quite relaxed. It's amazing how a piece of paper can influence the way you feel. Extending my contract has put me in a relaxing mood and I've been training so much better, knowing I can count on the team for the coming years.
I've been training on time trialing, too, and I was eager to prove that. My objective? Finish top 25 would be a success.
I was off! I took a slow start but I got into a great rhythm at the halfway point.
I pushed myself to the limit and I'm happy about my result today. But one man was way better than me today. Sylvain Chavanel took Gold in this discipline!
French National Championships - Time Trial | 1 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 38'32 | | 2 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 3 | | 3 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | + 18 | | 4 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 26 | | 5 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 39 | | 6 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 7 | Paul Poux | Sojasun | + 53 | | 8 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | + 58 | | 9 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | + 1'02 | | 10 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | + 1'04 | | (...) | | 26 | Henry Vergnaud | Citigroup Pro Cycling | + 1'29 |
Spoiler | 11 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | + 1'07 | | 12 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | + 1'09 | | 13 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Sojasun | + 1'10 | | 14 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ.fr | + 1'18 | | 15 | Benoit Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 1'20 | | 16 | Yoann Paillot | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 17 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 1'21 | | 18 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 1'23 | | 19 | Julien Duvivier | Citigroup Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 20 | Guillaume Bonnafond | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'24 | | 21 | Sandy Casar | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 22 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | + 1'28 | | 23 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 24 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 25 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'29 | | 26 | Henry Vergnaud | Citigroup Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 27 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | + 1'33 | | 28 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'34 | | 29 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 1'35 | | 30 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'37 | | 31 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | | 32 | Stéphane Rossetto | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 1'38 | | 33 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | + 1'42 | | 34 | Maxime Bouet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'43 | | 35 | Nicolas Vogondy | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 36 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 1'44 | | 37 | Sébastien Duret | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 1'46 | | 38 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 1'47 | | 39 | Kevin Lalouette | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 1'51 | | 40 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 1'52 | | 41 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 42 | Antoine Lavieu | La Pomme Marseille | + 1'53 | | 43 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'54 | | 44 | David Le Lay | Sojasun | + 1'55 | | 45 | Dimitri Le Boulch | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 1'56 | | 46 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 47 | Romain Bacon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 1'57 | | 48 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | + 1'58 | | 49 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | + 1'59 | | 50 | Franck Vermeulen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 2'01 | | 51 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | + 2'02 | | 52 | Rémi Pauriol | Sojasun | + 2'03 | | 53 | Rudy Molard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'05 | | 54 | Anthony Delaplace | Sojasun | s.t. | | 55 | Alexandre Blain | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | 56 | Julien Antomarchi | La Pomme Marseille | + 2'07 | | 57 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | + 2'09 | | 58 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | + 2'15 | | 59 | Warren Barguil | Citigroup Pro Cycling | + 2'18 | | 60 | Cyril Bessy | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 61 | Rémy Cusin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 62 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'19 | | 63 | Eric Berthou | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | 64 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | s.t. | | 65 | Jean-Marc Bideau | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'25 | | 66 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'26 | | 67 | Morgan Kneisky | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 68 | Tristan Valentin | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | + 2'31 | | 69 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'32 | | 70 | Thomas Bonnin | Team NSP - Ghost | + 2'35 | | 71 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'37 | | 72 | Thomas Rostollan | La Pomme Marseille | + 2'39 | | 73 | Rudy Kowalski | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 2'40 | | 74 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'41 | | 75 | Clément Koretzky | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | + 2'42 | | 76 | Fabien Bacquet | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 2'43 | | 77 | Nicolas Baldo | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 2'48 | | 78 | Sébastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 2'49 | | 79 | Yannick Martinez | La Pomme Marseille | + 2'51 | | 80 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'53 | | 81 | Grégoire Tarride | La Pomme Marseille | + 2'55 | | 82 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 2'57 | | 83 | Julien Duval | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 2'58 | | 84 | Guillaume Faucon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 2'59 | | 85 | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 86 | Loïc Desriac | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 3'04 | | 87 | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | + 3'06 | | 88 | Benoit Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 3'09 | | 89 | Vincent Jérôme | Citigroup Pro Cycling | + 3'11 | | 90 | Maxime Le Montagner | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 3'13 | | 91 | Mathieu Chiocca | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | + 3'19 | | 92 | Cyrille Patoux | Roubaix Lille Métropole | + 3'24 | | 93 | Flavien Dassonville | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 3'35 | | 94 | César Bihel | Team Differdange - Losch | + 3'37 | | 95 | Léo Menville | Team NSP - Ghost | + 3'39 |
I can live with that result. A top 25 would've been nice, but 26th is close enough. There is still room to improve.
National Championships - Road Race
The day started out beautifully. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and an eight-man breakaway took about 6 minutes. That's when Europcar and FDJ took control of the race.
I had a plan to make my move in the final lap. But when Sylvain Chavanel attacked one round earlier, I didn't wait around! I felt this was it!
Then it turned apocalypse. The blue sky disappeared behind a curtain of grey clouds. The pace was so incredibly high. Chavanel asked me to cooperate. I took my turn, this was our only chance. Europcar and FDJ were chasing us down hard. The two of us joined the breakaway group. So close to the finish now.
We had made it, and now we would be sprinting for the title. Trying to recover a little bit, I had spend a minute or two at the back of the breakaway, who all saw their chance at victory, too. When the sprint started, I was a bit too much behind!
I couldn't lose this! I had been given an amazing and unique chance to win the French Road Race at the age of 21. No way I would ruin that chance. I forced my legs to go round faster and faster, keep turning the pedals. I went up a gear and felt my legs cramp up, but I couldn't let them win!
Chavanel looked over his shoulder. And that's when I knew: I had this. With 100 meters left, nothing could go wrong anymore! I overtook him with 80 meters left to go, he stopped turning his pedals.
VIIIIICTOOOORYYYYYY!!!!!!
French National Championships - Road Race | 1 | Henry Vergnaud | Citigroup Pro Cycling | 6h11'17 | | 2 | Sylvain Chavanel | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Romain Sicard | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Guillaume Levarlet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 5 | Thierry Hupond | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 6 | Rémy Cusin | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Romain Bacon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 8 | Florian Guillou | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 9 | Thomas Bonnin | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 10 | Julien Antomarchi | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Julien Simon | Sojasun | + 49 | | 12 | Adrien Petit | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 13 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 15 | Warren Barguil | Citigroup Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 16 | Samuel Dumoulin | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 17 | Jimmy Engoulvent | Sojasun | s.t. | | 18 | Steve Chainel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 19 | Jonathan Hivert | Sojasun | s.t. | | 20 | Stéphane Poulhiès | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 21 | Mathieu Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 22 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 23 | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 24 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 25 | Jérémy Roy | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 26 | Sébastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 27 | Vincent Jérôme | Citigroup Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 28 | Julien Duvivier | Citigroup Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 29 | Gaël Malacarne | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 30 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 31 | Justin Jules | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 32 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 33 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 34 | Yohan Offredo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 35 | Romain Bardet | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 36 | Paul Poux | Sojasun | s.t. | | 37 | Christophe Riblon | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 38 | Yannick Martinez | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 39 | Thomas Vaubourzeix | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 40 | Fabien Bacquet | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 41 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Jérémie Galland | Sojasun | s.t. | | 43 | Christophe Laborie | Sojasun | s.t. | | 44 | Julien Fouchard | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 45 | Benjamin Giraud | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 46 | Nicolas Edet | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 47 | Clément Koretzky | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 48 | Blel Kadri | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 49 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 50 | Benoit Jarrier | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 51 | Grégoire Tarride | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 52 | Geoffroy Lequatre | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 53 | Christophe Le Mével | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 54 | Nicolas Bazin | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 55 | Eric Berthou | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | 56 | Nicolas Baldo | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 57 | Benoit Drujon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 2'53 | | 58 | Mathieu Sprick | Team Argos - Shimano | s.t. | | 59 | Yoann Paillot | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 60 | Dimitri Le Boulch | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 61 | Nicolas Vogondy | Accent Jobs - Wanty | s.t. | | 62 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 63 | Bryan Coquard | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 64 | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack - Leopard | s.t. | | 65 | Arnaud Demare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 66 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 67 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 68 | Anthony Ravard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 69 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 70 | Maxime Daniel | Sojasun | s.t. | | 71 | Guillaume Faucon | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 72 | Amaël Moinard | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 73 | Cyril Lemoine | Sojasun | + 4'34 | | 74 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 75 | Florian Vachon | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 76 | Romain Lemarchand | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 77 | Jean-Luc Delpech | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 78 | Maxime Le Montagner | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 79 | Kevin Lalouette | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 80 | Morgan Kneisky | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 81 | Stéphane Rossetto | BigMat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 82 | Alexandre Blain | Team Raleigh | s.t. | | 83 | Renaud Dion | Bretagne - Séché Environnement | s.t. | | 84 | Mathieu Chiocca | Atlas Personal - Jakroo | s.t. | | 85 | Antoine Lavieu | La Pomme Marseille | s.t. | | 86 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 87 | Franck Vermeulen | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 88 | Loïc Desriac | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 89 | Cyrille Patoux | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 90 | Julien Duval | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 91 | Thomas Damuseau | Team Argos - Shimano | + 7'12 | | 92 | Jérôme Coppel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 93 | Boris Zimine | Roubaix Lille Métropole | s.t. | | 94 | Léo Menville | Team NSP - Ghost | s.t. | | 95 | César Bihel | Team Differdange - Losch | s.t. |
This is the proudest moment of my life!
Post-race interviews, thoughts... in the next blog. There we'll also take a look at some other National Champions around.
Henry
Night of the Champagne - Part I I had just won the National Championships that day. It had been a perfect race and I took my game up to another level. On the podium, I enjoyed every second of it. When I received that jersey, I had to supress a tear.
When I stepped down from the podium, I went straight to the team bus. Warren, Julien and Vincent were all there. They all hugged me and congratulated me.
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Nice win by Vergnaud, and what a finish French national champion kit is ready tomorrow
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 22-12-2013 22:49
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WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! 
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| welker3257 |
Posted on 22-12-2013 22:53
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Certainly didn't expect that
Gig 'em Aggies
Fast N' Loud Cycling Project - ICL
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| duxili |
Posted on 23-12-2013 06:26
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National Champ for your first year as a pro?
Beating Chavanel?
That sounds like the beginning of a shining career
What did I told you about asking Michelle on the Radio, I knew this, I knew! You might be a fantastic rider but you are still lacking experience to manage your loving affairs 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 23-12-2013 07:34
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anderspcm - So great news! Henry will love to ride around in that
Dippofix -  Thanks a lot! it was quite a performance!
welker3257 - To be honest, I thought Chavanel had it when he started the sprint. But he lacked energy in the final 1 kilometer, so Henry overtook him easily in the end
duxili - Career sure is looking good and he seems to have sky-rocketed into the professional peloton. But guilty on his love affairs  He should've known Radio B would be more popular than cycling
Starting with studying again today, so updates most likely to slow down (just a tad) However, I will continue to update daily, whenever possible
Post-race comments etc about the Nationals to follow later today.
A quick question, does anyone know: what jersey will the game assign to Henry: leader of Continental tour or his NC jersey? Because if the game thinks Continental Tour is more important, I don't want to lead that classification anymore |
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